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When’s The Right Time To Apply Remote I/O System For A Manufacturing Factory/Plant and How To Choose The Right Module?

When’s The Right Time To Apply A Remote I/O System For A Manufacturing Factory/Plant and How To Choose The Right Module?

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There are four factors manufacturing companies should consider before applying remote I/O modules in their manufacturing plant/factory.

When is the right time to apply it to the system?
How many different kinds of remote I/O are there and what are the differences?
What communication protocol are you using and what remote module will fit your needs?
How to apply the remote I/O module in an old manufacturing plantation or factory? (If scaling)

This article will briefly give all the necessary information for any manufacturing company looking to solve certain issues with the remote I/O module system.

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Questioning IEC 61131-3 From A Manufacturer’s Perspective

Questioning IEC 61131-3 From A Manufacturer’s Perspective

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How Does IEC 61131-3 Help Manufacturers?
The main reason lies in its various language capabilities and ease of use. Users and vendors can expect less waste of human resources due to less system maintenance times, debugging, and training. Controllers can be used together from different locations, projects, or companies with fewer errors and increased performance. IEC 61131 allows manufacturers to stop being committed and disrupted by vendor lock-in to its universal state and nature. It’s applicable in a wide range of environments with enough connectivity features.

Why Not Use Other Standards?

Aside from IEC, there are various other standards that may apply in different countries. For example, ANSI (American National Standards Institute), and NEC (National Electric Code) caters to the United States.

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Industrial Automation: 5 Factors To Consider When Choosing and Implementing OPC UA SDK

Industrial Automation: 5 Factors To Consider When Choosing and Implementing OPC UA SDK

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Open Platform Communications United Architecture (OPC UA) is an IEC62541 international standard cross-platform, open-source, for industrial communication between sensors to cloud applications.

This machine-to-machine communication integrates and interoperates data between different devices and vendors. As a successor to the OPC Classic specification, OPC UA has posed as a crucial and vital solution as it proves to be one of the easiest and fastest channels of information transfer (with the right tools.)

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ODOT Automation Releases New Style IoT Gateway Device - Serial Gateway with MQTT Converter Function - Aiding Smart Factories' Challenges on Costs and Communication

ODOT Automation Releases New Style IoT Gateway Device – Serial Gateway with MQTT Converter Function – Aiding Smart Factories’ Challenges on Costs and Communication

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By concept, a smart factory requires 3 smooth operating aspects. Machine network, communication mechanism, and computing power.

Within a smart factory, the operational technology consists of MES (manufacturing execution systems), SCADA, PLCs, meters, valves, sensors, motors, etc.

Common protocols include PROFINET, PROFIBUS, EtherNet/IP, and Modbus, while the IT systems include an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system (usually SNMP, HTTP, SOAP, XML protocols.)

To establish stable, cost-effective data collection and transmission channels for applications, a flexible protocol module, RTU, and I/O module are key.

To keep interoperability between OT, IT, and IIoT protocols easies and faster, applications such as gateway servers, devices, and systems are required to collect all data in high quality across both OT and IT platforms.

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